Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 18:06:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> To: Billy Breland <ras-man@netdoor.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-ROM mounting errors Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008251801370.11375-100000@genisis.istar.ca> In-Reply-To: <002501c00fa3$3f99bde0$03010101@breland.com>
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On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Billy Breland wrote: > I am having problems mounting a cd-rom. Below is my sys info, and error messages: > > FreeBSD 4.0 Release > I am logged in as root > I have tried to mount the cd-rom using: > mount -a, (after removing the "noauto" from fstab) > mount /dev/acd0 /cdrom > mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom > mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/acd0 /cdrom > all these commands end with; > cd9660: No such file or directory, (I went to /sbin and mount_cd9660 is present) > Any ideas? You should keep /etc/fstab the way you found it as it's ready to mount cdroms; the noauto flag is a good thing. As long as you have the entry in /etc/fstab, mount /cdrom will do it, as long as you're root and you're trying to mount a data CDROM. You may find this article useful: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/07/05/FreeBSD_Basics.html Cheers, Dru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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